Kate Krader

Title: Restaurant Editor Started at Food & Wine: 1992 (interrupted by a brief detour at a dot.com) Born and Raised: New York City Education: Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; La Varenne cooking school, Villecien, France. Cooking Experience: I don't like to talk about it, but I worked garde-manger and pastry at the now-defunct La Metairie in Manhattan for six months. It was kind of a disaster. What I Do at Food & Wine: I'm Restaurant Editor. My job includes finding new chef talent and spotting trends in the food and restaurant world. Job Benefit/Hazard #1: I eat out a minimum of five nights a week. Job Benefit/Hazard #2: I always have to pick the restaurant. And make the reservations. Current Obsession: Tweeting/name dropping every conceivable celebrity with a food connection I can find. Pet Peeve: I'm very picky about brownies; I think I make the best ones. Chef Hero: Old-school La Varenne cooking instructor Fernand Chambrette. Favorite Pastime: Casting a hypothetical HBO series about the chef world with an all-star cast. The only person who would get to play himself is Anthony Bourdain.